Raymond Nichols

Soap cupcakes with icing

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I love cupcakes – well, if you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you’ll know I’m a foodie – and I do love bath and body products that look like food. I’m preparing for a melt & pour class in Yarrow (and in Chilliwack in September), so I thought I’d take the opportunity...

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Question of the week: What interests you?

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Although I’m having a wonderful time creating in the workshop and researching various ingredients, what interests you? Curious about cationics? Mad about mineral make up fillers? Serious about surfactants? (Okay, I’ll stop with the alliterations…) Do you have general questions about your creations? How to make them more moisturizing? How to make them more conditioning?...

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Packaging: Non-container options and labelling (updated)

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I like products that don’t need a container! Shampoo and conditioner bars, lotion bars, bath bombs – I can find cute ways to dress them up and it’s not going to cost me a fortune! I have a small problem when I walk into Essential Packaging in Surrey – even though I have no idea...

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Shampoo & conditioner bars: Additional information!

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After seeing a post on the Dish, I realized I had failed to include preservatives in the shampoo and conditioner bar posts (click here for shampoo, click here for conditioner, and click here for the solid shaving bar). When you are including things like hydrolyzed proteins, you need to preserve because the bars are going...

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